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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Friends and family were greatly saddened by the loss |
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of Hayes H. Bolitho of Holly Lake Ranch, who passed away on April |
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21, 2009, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bolitho was born on December 22, 1917, to Thomas |
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and Edna Bolitho in Butte, Montana; he answered his nation's call to |
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duty with service in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and |
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fought in the Philippines until his capture by the Japanese; he |
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survived two years as a prisoner of war before escaping from a |
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torpedoed transport ship and taking refuge with Philippine |
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guerrillas; after returning to the United States, he was presented |
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with the Purple Heart by Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Bolitho worked for 32 years in |
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sales and marketing for General Mills, and as he took on new |
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responsibilities in the company, he and his family lived in several |
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different cities around the country; he retired in 1981 and settled |
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in East Texas, where he enjoyed playing golf and reading; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Bolitho enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Irene, with whom he shared 63 rewarding |
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years of marriage; the couple were the parents of four daughters, |
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Judy Herron, Joan Osborne, Janie Bolitho, and Jennifer Wilhelmi, |
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who preceded her father in death; with the passing years, the family |
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grew to include six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Hayes Bolitho possessed the courage and initiative |
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that defined the finest members of his generation, and his loved |
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ones will forever cherish his achievements and their many fond |
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memories of the happy times they spent in his company; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Hayes H. Bolitho and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Irene Bolitho; to his children, Judy Herron and her husband, Phil, |
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Joan Osborne, and Janie Bolitho; to his grandchildren, Brian |
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Osborne and his wife, Karen, Tonya Delborne and her husband, Jason, |
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Christopher Herron, Scott Herron and his wife, Lynne, and Corbin |
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and Trent Wilhelmi; to his great-grandchildren; and to his other |
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relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Hayes |
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Bolitho. |